LONDON: A top British euroskeptic minister who quit over welfare cuts launched a damaging attack on Prime Minister David Cameron Sunday, exposing tensions within his government ahead of June's referendum on EU membership.

In his first interview since resigning Friday, Iain Duncan Smith accused Cameron of trying to reduce Britain's budget deficit through benefit cuts, which were unfairly hurting poorer voters while protecting older, richer ones.

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